Definition of Intercurrent

1. a. Running between or among; intervening.

2. n. Something intervening.

Definition of Intercurrent

1. Adjective. (medicine of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition. ¹

2. Noun. Something intervening. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intercurrent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Intercurrent

1. 1. Running between or among; intervening. 2. Not belonging to any particular season. Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. Origin: L. Intercurrens, p. Pr. Of intercurrere: cf. F. Intercurrent. See Intercur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercurrent

intercrystalline
intercultural
interculturalism
interculturalize
interculturalized
interculturalizes
interculturalizing
interculturally
interculture
intercuneiform joints
intercuneiform ligaments
intercur
intercurred
intercurrence
intercurrences
intercurrent (current term)
intercurrent disease
intercurrently
intercurrents
intercurring
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intercuspal
intercuspal position
intercuspation
intercusping
intercut
intercutaneomucous
intercutaneous
intercuts
intercutting

Literary usage of Intercurrent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and art of obstetrics by Theophilus Parvin (1886)
"THE PATHOLOGY OF PREGNANCY-—intercurrent DISEASES AND TRAUMATISMS. ... intercurrent Diseases.—Pregnancy brings no exemption from acute, or from chronic ..."

2. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1903)
"This is termed an intercurrent relapse. In the interval between the primary attack and the relapse there may ... The intercurrent relapse sets in while the ..."

3. Annual Report of the Governor of Puerto Rico by Puerto Rico Governor (1916)
"intercurrent diseases from which the patients suffered during the fiscal year ... intercurrent diseases which caused the deaths of patients in the blind ..."

4. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"CHAPTER XIV intercurrent AND COMPLICATING AFFECTIONS DURING pregnancy, as at other times, women are subject to the various diseases and disabilities to ..."

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